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Roscommon GAA thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To monaghanmad: "O hanlon was our best player in croker, he was a marked man all yr
A 32 yr old ryan wylie put murtagh in his pocket in his first start all year" If you want to come on to the Roscommon thread and slag off one of our best players ever, hear are the facts.
Monaghan v Roscommon.
Monaghan scored 1-20 against Roscommon and had 10 scorers. Stepen O Hallon did NOT score in that game.
Diarmuid Murtagh with practically no ball coming in to him scored 0-4 as Monaghan were well on top.
Monaghan v Louth.
Monaghan scored 2-18 against 14 men Louth and were beaten. Stephan O Hanlon had ONE score; a good goal.
Therefore in two critical championship matches where Monaghan scored a total of 3-38, Stephen O Hanlon only scored ONCE. Surely an All Star forward should not get an All Star for getting only one score in their last two championship matches.
Meanwhile Diarmuid Murtagh was second highest scorer to David Clifford in division 1 of the national league with 4-30. Monaghan were regulated.
Diarmuid Murtagh being marked by all star Enda Hession scored 1-10 against the All Ireland champions Mayo. He also scored 0-7 against a very strong Galway team in the Connacht final , and 0-8 against Tyrone.
How O' Hanlon, Scully and McDonald were picked ahead of Diarmuid this year is difficult to take for this die-hard Rossie.
letsgetgoing (National) - 30/10/2026 17:27:55
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Football All Stars - 2 Like(s)
Replying To ulsterrules: "All stars always throw up a debate, but the all ireland winners and finalists normally get the lions share and rightly so.
But at intercounty level each team can only win 1 of 2 national titles(all Ireland & National League) and 1 provincial title.
Obviously Zero credit is given to the National league even though it is 1 of only 2 national titles you can win, but there is no way the 4 counties below should have an all star in 2026, ahead of Armagh/Roscommon/Kerry/Westmeath players who all won a provincial title.
(Louth)
While they backed up 2025's performance in 2026 by getting to the provincial final, they lost and Won Nothing
(Tyrone)
Did nothing in Ulster or All ireland of note and Won nothing
(Dublin)
Had some good games at the business end of the championship but got relegated and knocked out early in leinster, Won nothing and got relegated
(Monaghan)
Had a couple of exciting games, but Won nothing and got relegated
While these players are all great players
for example between league and championship
Michael Langan scored 40 points from midfield this season Conn Kilpatrick 9 points
Oisin Conaty scored 41 points this season 20 points more than Niall Scully
Durmuid Murtagh scored 76 points this season 47 points more than Steven O'Hanlon" Since when has the national league had any bearing on all-stars? As it stands it's already heavily weighted towards last 8 (and especially last 4), why is the league even being mentioned as a factor here?
patk (National) - 30/10/2026 13:08:22
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Roscommon GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To monaghanmad: "O hanlon was our best player in croker, he was a marked man all yr
A 32 yr old ryan wylie put murtagh in his pocket in his first start all year" Murtagh scored more against Monaghan than O'Hanlon did against Louth
O'Hanlon was fairly anonymous 2nd half especially when it was expected one of Monaghans form players would step and lead them past a 14 man Louth for 62 minutes.
In the end Monaghan looked fairly average without Beggan in goal and away from Clones.
Drax_the_destroyer (National) - 30/10/2026 15:07:07
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Marooned: "Home to Kerry first round of the league." Any further details of (potential) football and hurling fixtures? Looks like hurlers have a bye in the first round; will play Limerick at home Feb. 27th. I think.
Thompson untested? Anyone that saw his performance v Down in the Newry thriller 18 months ago wouldn't agree.
Triffic (National) - 30/10/2026 12:53:45
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Football All Stars - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Gaa_lover: "Decent research.
Apparently the All Star selection committee had a lot of new faces this year and by the looks of it wanted to be different with some bizarre selections" Which bizarre selections??
Claretandblue (National) - 30/10/2026 16:00:57
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To farneygael3: "time waits on no man. not sure what a 70 year old will bring" 65. Amazing what Google can do these days.
ballboy101 (National) - 30/10/2026 19:46:57
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Tomsmith Says Let Gaa Scrap The Allstars Or Confine It To Two Players Per County - 1 Like(s)
Personally, I lost interest in the All-Star awards many years ago and I never watch the ceremony. Originally, the awards were devised as a way of rewarding the best footballers and hurlers in their position regardless of how successful your county was. Throughout the years, players such as Kevin O'Brien (Wicklow, Matty Forde (Wexford) and Declan Browne (Tipperary) won All-Star awards. I've never met anybody who would disagree that these three players didn't deserve their All-Star award. If those three players were playing football today, they wouldn't win an All-Star award due to the fact that their county isn't good enough to reach an All-Ireland final. Even counties who win provincial titles only win one award on average. The other farce concerning the awards is that the team who win the All-Ireland are given more awards than the beaten team. The result of one game determines if a player is worth an All-Star. Previously, the merits of a player winning an All-Star was determined across the whole season and that players consistency throughout the season. All players who win an All-Star are exceptional players but I'd argue that there are players who have won awards in recent times who aren't the best players in their position, in the year they were given the award. I think the award criteria should be reviewed and revised as I don't think the current system is fair and discriminates against players who are brilliant individual players but have no chance of winning an All-Star award.
wicklowsupport (National) - 31/10/2026 11:35:00
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